For returning viewers, I have just listed new 1-1/2", 2" and 3" end-grain blocks. Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Thanks for checking
Lloyd

Texas Ebony Wood For Sale I have begun cutting, hauling and selling Texas Ebony wood from deep south Texas. It is the first time that I have harvested and worked with this wood so I am still trying to learn more about it and to work out how well it turns. If you are more familiar with it than I, or just want to experiment along with me, I have listed a number of green turning blanks in various dimensions for sale below. The wood is hard and very dense, and reportedly oily or waxy (although I haven't noticed that so far). References suggest that it machines and turns very well, and finishes to a high natural luster. Weighing approximately 63 pound per cubic foot, it is heavier than water (i.e. - it will not float in water). The wood that I presently have is fresh and green - it is not yet air or kiln-dried - so it is probably not yet suitable for turned boxes or any other form that involves precision-fitting parts. The colors of Texas Ebony heartwood range from a dark chocolate brown (almost coal black) to a dark brown with thin stripes of lighter brown. This banded and somewhat swirling pattern of light brown streaks in the dark matrix resembles cream poured into coffee. When this very dark wood spalts, linear inter-grain areas turn to a light orange-brown, and (rarely) includes small closed, orange-brown circles (spots). The sapwood is a bright golden yellow color, an attractive contrast to the heartwood. As you can see in the example turned vase below, the bark of fresh Texas Ebony is tight and excellent for natural-edge turning. Note : As elsewhere, the dimensions given below are Length x Width x Depth of the blank. Theoretically these numbers indicate the dimensions of the largest bowl, box/goblet or spindle that might be turned from that piece if no flaws are encountered. The approximate weight (in pounds) as well as obvious physical features (checks, etc) are also indicated. Note also that most of these are rough cut. I do not have the time or equipment to routinely surface the cut sides - although sometimes I think that the grain is interesting enough that I will take it to the jointer before I take the photo. I generally water-dampen the surface before taking photos, to suggest what each piece might look like once a finish is applied. Each block is then sealed on all cut surfaces to reduce drying and possible cracking of the wood during storage and shipment. That "waxy" surface you see in some photos (taken after sealing the blank) is just that - a wax emulsion - not an oily Ebony surface. You can see examples of various bowls and vessels turned from these "exotic" Texas woods on our companion website, www.prairiesend.com.

Texas Ebony blanks: Pen Blanks Rectangular pieces, 1-3" thick End-grain pieces, 1.5" square End-grain pieces, 2" square End-grain pieces, 2.5" square End-grain pieces, 3-4" square Square and half-log bowl blanks

click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Pen Blanks 1"x 1"x 6"" I have recently cut and dried a number of Texas Ebony pen blanks. The wood is beautiful and can be finished to a beautiful, high luster. These blanks include a mix of Ebony colors and patterns that ranges from the full dark Chocolate brown of the heartwood to a combination of dark brown heartwood and the bright golden yellow of sapwood, and some include the intergrain bands and the numerous "spots" of dark brown to orange areas of spalted heartwood. If you have a preference, please let me know when you place your order, otherwise you will get a "run-of-the-mill" mix. Texas Ebony Pen Blanks $3.00 each, no minimum.

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 383 1-1/2" x 2" x 12" 2 lbs. This is a nice rectangular block of Texas Ebony. It is about 70% dark chocolate brown heartwood with 30% bright yellow sapwood. The yellow sapwood includes diffuse bands of a light blue-gray shading. There are no visible checks or cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 383 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 384 2" x 3" x 11-1/2" 3 lbs. This is a very nice rectangular block of Texas Ebony. It is about 85% dark chocolate brown heartwood with 15% bright yellow sapwood. The heartwood includes a strong, very attractive wavy grain pattern. The yellow sapwood includes diffuse bands of a light blue-gray shading. There are two small open beetle holes in the sapwood. And I do see one small area of "punky" decay on one corner (lower right corner, top photo) and one short and tight crack at one end (lower right end-grain corner, bottom photo). This is a minor crack that can be trimmed off or controlled with CA glue. Texas Ebony Lot 384 $20.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 395 2-1/4" x 3" x 10" 3 lbs. This is a nice rectangular block of Texas Ebony. It is about 60% dark chocolate brown heartwood with 40% bright yellow sapwood. The heartwood has a very nice grain pattern with prominent intra-grain laminations of "coffee-cream"-color. The yellow sapwood includes diffuse bands of a light blue-gray shading. There are no visible checks or cracks or other structural flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 395 $20.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 261 4" x 1-3/4" x 8-3/4" 3-1/4 lbs. This is another nice block of Texas Ebony. It is about 95% dark chocolate brown heartwood with 10% bright yellow sapwood in a thin layer on one face. The heartwood includes numerous thin, intra-grain laminations of "coffee-cream"-color. A small patch of bark is present atop the sapwood on one corner (top photo). There are no visible checks or cracks. There is an irregular, 1/2" diameter open hole of unknown origin and depth on one end (lower photo, end-grain face on the right end). I see no structural flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 261 $15.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 401 1-7/8" x 2-7/8" x 9-7/8" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a nice rectangular block of Texas Ebony. It is about 70% dark chocolate brown heartwood and 30% golden yellow sapwood. The sapwood on the annotated face (top photo) is the normal outside wood, a golden yellow with bands of light blue-gray shadings. The large area of golden yellow wood on the back appears to be "included sapwood". I see no cracks but there are several small and tight drying checks that developed in the outer sapwood following initial cutting (not apparent in the photos). These appear to be very shallow and could be secured with CA glue. Texas Ebony Lot 401 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 402 2" x 3" x 6-1/2" 1-3/4 lbs. This is a nice small block of Texas Ebony - suitable for knife scales or the like. It is about 50% dark chocolate brown heartwood and 50% golden yellow sapwood. I see no cracks but there are several small and tight drying checks in the sapwood face (not apparent in the photos). There are also several very small borer holes in the sapwood. Texas Ebony Lot 402 $8.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 403 1-3/4" x 2" x 5-1/2" 1 lbs. This is a nice small block of Texas Ebony - suitable for knife scales or the like. It is entirely dark chocolate brown heartwood numerous intra-grain laminations of "coffee-cream"-color. I see no cracks, checks or bug holes. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 403 $8.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 409 2-3/8" x 2-7/8" x 12-1/4" 4 lbs. This is a large, beautiful rectangular block of Texas Ebony. It is almost entirely dark chocolate brown heartwood. The small amount of sapwood isolated patches of "included sapwood". There are several small knots and several burl buds. This block was cut from very close to the pith of the log and several small and thin pith-related radial cracks are present in the lower portion of the annotated face (top photo). These appear to be very shallow and could be secured with CA glue, inlace or colored epoxy. I see no other flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 409 $20.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 426 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12-1/4" 1 lbs. This is a very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is essentially 100% rich chocolate brown heartwood - that small patch of sapwood and bark (upper left edge, bottom photo) will turn off immediately. There is a small patch of decay on one edge (lower left edge, top photo) that will turn off completely as the block is roughed to round. I see no other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 426 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 348 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 8-1/2" 1 lbs. This is a very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 40% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains an interesting shading of a light blue-gray color. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 348 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 349 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 8-1/2" 1 lbs. This is another very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 40% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains an interesting shading of a light blue-gray color. There is a thin strip of bark on one edge of the sapwood that will turn off immediately as the blank is roughed out. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 349 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 350 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 10" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 20% yellow sapwood. That beautiful heartwood includes a strong but broken pattern of the "coffee-cream" colored intra-grain laminations. The sapwood contains an interesting shading of a light blue-gray color. There are several small patches of decay along one edge of the heartwood (left end, bottom photo) and two open remains of beetle holes along one edge of the sapwood (near edge, top photo). These areas will turn off immediately as the blank is roughed out. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 350 $14.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 333 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12" 1-1/4 lbs. This is a very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 75% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 25% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains interesting bands of light blue-gray coloring. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 333 $12.00 SOLD

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 334 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 20% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains an interesting shading of a light blue-gray color. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 334 $12.00

click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 335 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 85% of the rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood, and 15% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains an interesting shading and curving bands of a light blue-gray color. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 335 $12.00 SOLD

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 336 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 20% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains broad curving bands of a light blue-gray color. I see no cracks or other structural flaws, but there are three open and prominent beetle holes in the sapwood face (top photo). These are less than 1/4" deep. Texas Ebony Lot 336 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 337 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12" 1-1/4 lbs. This is an interesting stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 50% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains bands of a light blue-gray color and a thick section of bark along one edge (near edge, top photo). I see no cracks or other structural flaws, but there are two open and prominent beetle holes in the sapwood (lower face below the bark edge, top photo). These holes extend below the surface at low angles and appear to be less than 1/2" deep. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 337 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 338 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 50% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains bands of a light blue-gray color and a thick section of bark along one edge (near edge, top photo). I see no cracks, spalting or beetle holes in this piece. Texas Ebony Lot 338 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 339 1-1/4"x 1-1/4"x 12" 1 lb. This is another very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% of the rich chocolate brown Ebony heartwood, and 40% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains curving bands and zones of a light blue-gray color. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. There are two very small and shallow remains of beetle holes in the sapwood (center of the upper face, top photo). Texas Ebony Lot 339 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 147 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 14" 1-1/2 lb. This is a long stick of ~1-7/8"section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% of the rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood, and 40% golden yellow sapwood. It has a small and short strip of bark along one edge that will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 147 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 379 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12-1/4" 1-1/4 lb. This is another long stick of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50% rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood, and 50% golden yellow sapwood. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 379 $8.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 380 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 11-3/4" 1-1/4 lb. This is another long stick of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood, and 40% golden yellow sapwood. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 380 $8.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 381 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 12" 1-1/4 lb. This is another long stick of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood, and 40% golden yellow sapwood. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 381 $8.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 382 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 6-1/4" 1-1/4 lb. This is a short "stick" of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood, and 20% golden yellow sapwood. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 382 $7.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 399 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 14-1/4" 1-1/2 lb. This is another long stick of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% rich, chocolate brown heartwood, and 30% golden yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains an interesting shading pattern of a light blue-gray and yellow-brown color. There are two prominent borer holes in the sapwood (top photo). Located close to the edge, they should turn off completely as the blank is rounded. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 399 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 400 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 16" 1-1/2 lb. This is a beautiful, long end-grain stick of spalted Texas Ebony. It is entirely the rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood with elongated reddish-yellow patches of what I term "included sapwood". The grain pattern is very eye-catching. The spalting is advanced in some small areas and appears slightly "punky". I would treat these areas with thin CA glue or thinned epoxy during turning to resist tear-out. I see no cracks, borer holes or other obvious flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 400 $15.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 367 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 9-3/8" 1 lb. This is a nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood, and 40% yellow sapwood. The sapwood contains an interesting shading pattern of a light blue-gray and yellow-brown color. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. There are two borer holes in the sapwood - one of which is on an edge and will turn off, the other of which is in the center of the face near one end (right end, vertical face, top photo). That hole is less than 1/4" deep but will reduce the potential turned diameter to less than 1-1/4" in that area. Texas Ebony Lot 367 $6.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 368 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 9-1/4" 1 lbs. This is a nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% of the rich chocolate brown heartwood. There are two thin and tight cracks in the central portion of this blank (center of nearest edge, lower photo). One of these is on an edge and will clearly turn off. The other is in the center of the face (the center of the vertical face, lower photo) and it's depth is not as obvious. But it is the extreme end of a feature similar to that on the edge and I am betting that it is less than 1/4" deep. I see no other cracks or significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 368 $6.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 369 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 9-1/2" 1 lb. This is a very nice stick of ~1-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is almost 100% rich chocolate brown heartwood, with only a thin layer of sapwood on one side (top photo). I see absolutely no cracks or other flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 369 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 371 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 6-1/4" 1/2 lb. Knife handles, bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments - those, among others, are what this little piece of Texas Ebony would be good for. It is a nice 1-1/2" square piece that is almost 100% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. That tiny amount of sapwood on the corner will turn off as the block is rounded. I see absolutely no cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 371 $5.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 372 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 6" 3/4 lb. Knife handles, bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments - those, among others, are what this little piece of Texas Ebony would be good for. It is a very nice 1-1/2" square piece of 100% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. I see absolutely no cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 372 $5.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 404 1-3/8"x 1-3/8"x 10" 1 lb. This is a very nice stick of Texas Ebony suitable for small projects such as bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments. It is almost 100% rich chocolate brown heartwood, with a complex grain pattern. I see absolutely no cracks or other flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 404 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 405 1-3/8"x 1-3/8"x 8-1/2" 3/4 lb. This is a beautiful small stick of Texas Ebony suitable for small projects such as bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments. It is 100% rich chocolate brown heartwood, with a gently undulating grain pattern. I see absolutely no cracks or other flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 405 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 422 2"x 2"x 12" 2-1/2 lbs. This is an interesting 2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 98% chocolate-brown heartwood and 2% golden-yellow sapwood with dark heartwood-colored streaks. Unfortunately, that sapwood appears to be shallow and most, if not all, will turn off as the block is roughed to round. There is a large area of reddish-brown spalting on a portion of the back side, with adjacent areas of speckled "spots" of spalting (left side of bottom photo - sorry, not a good image). This spalting is quite sound and, while a lot will turn off as the block is roughed-out, I suspect that quite a bit will remain to form interesting and eye-catching features in the finished turning. I see absolutely no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 422 $20.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 423 2"x 2"x 12" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another nice 2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 95% chocolate-brown heartwood and 5% golden-yellow sapwood with a small patch of bark on the outer portion. That sapwood and bark appears to be shallow and most, if not all, will turn off as the block is roughed to round. There is a single, very thin and tight crack on one side at one end (left side, upper end, top photo, but too small to see). I would simply reinforce it with CA glue before turning. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 423 $18.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 424 2"x 2"x 7" 1-1/4 lbs. This is a smaller 2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 95% chocolate-brown heartwood with a very nice grain pattern. That 5% golden-yellow sapwood is shallow and most, if not all, will turn off as the block is roughed to round. There is a single, very thin and tight crack on the annotated face (top photo, thru that small knot). It is off center and appears to be very shallow; most if not all of the crack will turn off. I would simply reinforce it with CA glue before turning. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 424 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 425 2"x 2"x 6-3/4" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another small 2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% chocolate-brown heartwoodand 20% golden-yellow sapwood with a small area of "wane" on the outer portion. There is a single, very thin and tight crack on one side (left side, top photo, but difficult to see). It appears to be very shallow and is close to the edge - most if not all of that crack will turn off. Again, I would simply reinforce it with CA glue before turning. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 425 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 376 2"x 2"x 12" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 30% yellow sapwood, with a thin section of wane (absent bark) on the lower outside portion of the sapwood. The heartwood exhibits a strong wavey pattern of "coffee-cream" colored intra-grain laminations. I see no checks or other structural flaws. There are 3 small and shallow, open remnants of beetle hole in the sapwood section. There are also two small patches of slightly "punky" spalting along two edges. These should turn off completely as the block is rounded. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 376 $15.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 377 2-1/8"x 2-1/8"x 10" 2-1/4 lbs. This is an interesting piece of ~2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 40% yellow sapwood, with a large section of wane (absent bark) on one edge of the sapwood. The heartwood exhibits a strong wavey pattern of "coffee-cream" colored intra-grain laminations. The sapwood includes bands of light blue-gray shading. I see no cracks, checks or other structural flaws. However, there are two large areas of included bark on one end (bottom photo). There are several small and shallow beetle holes and remnants of holes in the sapwood section. Texas Ebony Lot 377 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 378 2"x 2"x 8-1/4" 1-1/2 lbs. This is another interesting and very attractive piece of ~2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 40% yellow sapwood, but with the sapwood and heartwood apparently alternating, not just with sapwood on the outside of the heartwood. There is also a fairly large section of wane (absent bark) on one edge of the sapwood (bottom photo). The dark brown-black heartwood exhibits a strong wavey pattern of the "coffee-cream" colored intra-grain laminations. The outer sapwood includes bands of light blue-gray shading. I see no cracks, checks or other structural flaws, or any sign of beetle holes. Texas Ebony Lot 378 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 397 2"x 2"x 17-1/4" 2-3/4 lbs. This is a very long and attractive piece of ~2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 40% yellow sapwood. The outer sapwood includes bands of light blue-gray shading (top photo)but there are two elongated streaks of yellow-brown wood ("included sapwood"?) within the heartwood (right side, bottom photo). There is also a small section of wane (absent bark) on one edge of the sapwood and several depressions which are the shallow remains of open borer holes. I see no cracks or other structural flaws, but there are several very thin and tight drying checks in the outer sapwood. These appear to be shallow. Texas Ebony Lot 397 $16.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 398 2"x 2"x 14-1/2" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another long and attractive piece of ~2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 30% yellow sapwood. There is a section of wane (absent bark) along the entire length of one edge of the sapwood (top photo) and a number of small open borer holes into that sapwood. Probing suggests that they are shallow and confined to the sapwood. I see no cracks or other structural flaws, but there are several tiny and tight drying checks in the outer sapwood. These also appear to be shallow. Texas Ebony Lot 398 $14.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 414 2"x 2"x 13-1/4" 2-1/4 lbs. This is another long and attractive piece of ~2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 50% yellow sapwood, with a thin strip of bark along a portion of one edge and a matching area of barkless "wane" along the adjacent edge of that face (top photo, lower end). I see no cracks, bugholes or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 414 $14.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 346 2"x 2"x 8" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It includes approximately 50/50 dark chocolate-brown heartwood and yellow sapwood, with a thin section of bark on the outside of the sapwood. The heartwood is quite dark with a strong pattern of "coffee-cream" colored intra-grain laminations. I see no checks or other structural flaws. There is a single small open beetle hole in the sapwood section just below the bark. Probing suggests that it is quite shallow (<1/4"). Texas Ebony Lot 346 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 347 2"x 2"x 7-1/2" 1-1/2 lbs. This is another nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It includes approximately 60% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 40% yellow sapwood, with a thin section of bark on one outside edge of the sapwood. The heartwood is quite dark with a strong, swirling grain pattern and subdued "coffee-cream" colored intra-grain laminations. I see no checks or other structural flaws. There are several small portions of open beetle holes in the outer portion of the sapwood. These should turn off as the block is rounded. Texas Ebony Lot 347 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 332 2"x 2"x 12" 2 lbs. This is another very nice 2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is about 80% chocolate-brown heartwood and ~20% golden-yellow sapwood with the sapwood mostly confined to one edge. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. There are three open beetle holes on the sapwood. They are all apparently shallow and close to the edge - they should turn off as the block is roughed to round. Texas Ebony Lot 332 $15.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 312 2"x 2"x 12" 2-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice 2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is about 80% chocolate-brown heartwood with intra-grain laminations of the "coffee cream" color and ~20% golden-yellow sapwood. There is also a light, reddish-brown of spalt staining within the grain pattern of the heartwood on the back side. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 312 $15.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 252 2"x 2"x 8" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It includes approximately 95% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 5% yellow sapwood (most of which will turn off as the block is rounded). The heartwood is quite dark and, while it does have a pattern of "coffee-cream" colored intra-grain laminations, that pattern is subdued. There is a bit of irregular damage on one edge and part of the annotated face (top photo). It appears shallow and should turn off as the block is rounded. There are also two very thin and tight drying checks in the end-grain (the end exposed in the bottom photo, but too subdued to see). I see no other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 252 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 272 2"x 2"x 7-1/2" 1-1/2 lbs. This is another nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 20% bright yellow sapwood. The heartwood includes a nice flowing pattern of the "coffee-cream" colored, intra-grain laminations. It was cut away from the pith but the outer portion of a thin and tight radial crack is present along one edge (bottom photo). There is also a small bit of bark still attached to one edge, and one open bughole in the outer portion of the sapwood. Most, if not all of that small crack, the bark and bughole will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I see no other cracks or structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 272 $10.00

click to enlarge<3/a> click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 277 2"x 2"x 6" 1-1/4 lb. This is another nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 85% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 15% bright yellow sapwood. The heartwood includes a nice flowing pattern of the "coffee-cream" colored, intra-grain laminations. It also has two shallow, open bugholes in the outer portion of the sapwood, confined to one edge. Again, most if not all of those depressions will turn off. I see no cracks or structural flaws in this piece. Texas Ebony Lot 277 $7.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 279 2"x 2"x 8-3/4" 1-1/2 lbs. This is an interesting piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% dark chocolate-brown heartwood and 30% bright yellow sapwood, with two patches of dark-brown bark on the edges. The heartwood includes a nice flowing pattern of the "coffee-cream" colored, intra-grain laminations. I see no cracks, but there are two fairly deep (1/4 to 3/8") depressions in the sapwood on one side - the remains of old beetle borer holes; most of these, along with all of that bark, are likely to turn off as the block is rounded. I see no structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 279 $10.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 357 2"x 2"x 10" 1-3/4 lbs. This is a nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. This one does have a line of thin cracks across the back side (faintly visible on the vertical face, lower photo). These appear shallow but will affect turning. I recommend (and priced) this block for resawing for segmented work, pen blanks, etc. I see no other cracks or structural flaws. . SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 357 $8.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 358 2"x 2"x 9-3/8" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a very nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% dark chocolate-brown heartwood with a nice flowing pattern of the lighter-brown, "coffee-cream" colored, intra-grain laminations. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 358 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 359 2"x 2"x 9-3/8" 1-1/2 lbs. This is another very nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% dark chocolate-brown heartwood with a nice flowing pattern of the lighter-brown, "coffee-cream" colored, intra-grain laminations. The 30% sapwood also includes some interesting color patterns that are likely to be very attractive in the finished piece. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. There is one elongated, shallow remnant of a borer hole in the sapwood (top photo). This is located on the edge and will turn off as the block is roughed to round. Texas Ebony Lot 359 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 360 2"x 2"x 9-1/2" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a nice piece of 2" square Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. This one was cut from close to the pith of a small log and does have a line of thin cracks across the back side (only faintly visible on the vertical face, lower photo). These appear shallow but will affect turning. I recommend (and priced) this block for resawing for segmented work, pen blanks, etc. I see no other cracks or structural flaws. . Texas Ebony Lot 360 $8.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 361 2"x 2"x 5-3/8" 1 lb. Knife handles, bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments - those, among others, are what this little piece of Texas Ebony would be good for. It is a nice 2" square piece that is approximately 90% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 361 $6.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 363 2"x 2"x 4-1/2" 3/4 lb. Knife handles, bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments - those, among others, are what this little piece of Texas Ebony would be good for. It is a nice 2" square piece that is approximately 95% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. That tiny amount of sapwood is on an edge and will turn off as the block is rounded. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 363 $6.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 364 ~2"x 2"x 4-1/2" 3/4 lb. Knife handles, bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments - those, among others, are what this little piece of Texas Ebony would be good for. It is another nice 2" square piece that is approximately 70% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. That pattern of spalting colors in the sapwood could be very attractive in the finished piece. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 364 $6.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 365 ~2"x 2"x 4" 3/4 lb. Knife handles, bottle stoppers and Christmas ornaments - those, among others, are what this little piece of Texas Ebony would be good for. It is another nice 2" square piece that is approximately 50% dark chocolate-brown heartwood. Again, that pattern of spalting colors in the sapwood could be very attractive in the finished piece. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. There is a single beetle hole thru one corner (upper right corner, top photo) that would be avoided by placing the tenon at that end. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 365 $6.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 345 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 11" 3 lbs. This is a very nice 2-1/2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is about 50% chocolate-brown heartwood with strong intra-grain laminations of the "coffee cream" color. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. One small area of wane is present on one corner of the sapwood where a small portion of bark was knocked off. This area will turn off completely as the block is rounded. Texas Ebony Lot 345 $18.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 351 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 8-1/2" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a nice 2-1/2"-square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is about 60% dark chocolate-brown heartwood with thin intra-grain laminations of the "coffee cream" color. A large area of wane (where loose bark has knocked off) is present on one edge of the sapwood. A number of old borer holes are present in the outer portion of the sapwood in that area. However, all are shallow remnants and should turn-off completely as the block is rounded. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 351 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 353 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 9" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another very nice 2-1/2"-square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is about 70% dark chocolate-brown heartwood with thin intra-grain laminations of the "coffee cream" color. The light-brown sapwood exhibits some interesting color bands that are likely to be quite interesting in a finished turning. It was also cut from close to the pith of the small log and two small, thin and tight cracks are present along one edge (faintly visible on the eight end of the vertical face in the lower photo). These tiny cracks are confined to that edge, and should turn-off completely as the block is rounded. I see no other cracks or structural flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 353 $15.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 354 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 9" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another very nice 2-1/2"-square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is about 80% dark chocolate-brown heartwood with a dense pattern of thin intra-grain laminations of the light-brown "coffee cream" color. The light-brown sapwood also exhibits some interesting color bands that are likely to be quite interesting in a finished turning. The sapwood is also interrupted by a "lobe" of heartwood on one face associated with an old side limb (top photo). I suspect that this will also result in an interesting feature in the finished piece. There is a small bark-inclusion at the outer end of that heartwood "lobe", associated with the crotch of that old limb. Located close to the edge, that bark will turn-off completely as the block is rounded. There is also one very thin drying check in the sapwood on the annotated face. It is tight and, at the end-grain face, less than 1/8" deep. I see no other cracks or structural flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 354 $15.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 325 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 10" 2-3/4 lbs. This is another very nice 2-1/2"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is about 70% chocolate-brown heartwood with gently curving intra-grain laminations of the "coffee cream" color and 30% yellow sapwood. That sapwood is thinner at the top end and fairly thick at the lower end. It also includes subtle bands of light blue-gray color. The sapwood includes a large area of "wane" (where the bark has been removed) on one corner and includes several prominent open beetle holes in that area (right end, top photo). Probing suggests that two are approximately 1/2 and 3/4" deep and removal as the block is rounded (if required) may reduce the total length and maximum diameter just a bit. I see no cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 325 $16.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 223 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 6-1/2" 2 lb. This is another relatively short stick of 2-1/2" section Texas Ebony. It is approximately 95% of the rich, colorful, coffee-cream striped chocolate brown heartwood, and 5% golden yellow sapwood, with the sapwood confined to one edge where it will quickly turn off. It has a small patch of spalted decay on one end of the back side (lower face, right end, bottom photo). That spot has a crisp boundary and I see no sign of spalting or further decay outside that spot. I see no cracks or other obvious flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 223 $12.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 415 3"x 3"x 15" 6 lbs. This is a nice 3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% chocolate-brown heartwood and 20% golden-yellow sapwood. The sapwood, and a large area of "wane", are restricted to one edge and large portions of the adjacent sides. All of the wane and most of the sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. There is a bit of red-stained spalting of the heartwood on the opposite edge. This will also turn off as the block is rounded. This block has two thin and tight cracks in the sapwood area (lower portion of annotated face, bottom photo). These appear to be shallow - I would reinforce them with thin CA glue before turning and expect most, if not all, to turn off as the block is rounded. I see no other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 415 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 416 3"x 3"x 13-3/4" 5 lbs. This is a striking 3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% chocolate-brown heartwood and 10% golden-yellow sapwood with dark heartwood-colored streaks. That sapwood is restricted to one edge and large portions of the adjacent sides; most will turn off as the block is roughed to round. There is a portion of bark and two areas of open beetle holes along that sapwood edge (one under that strip of bark) - most, if not all of these, will also turn off as the block is roughed-out. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 416 $40.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 417 3"x 3"x 12" 5-1/4 lbs. This is another nice and near-perfect 3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 95% chocolate-brown heartwood and 5% golden-yellow sapwood, with the sapwood confined to two edges on the upper end. All of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. This block has a single thin and tight crack in the sapwood area (upper left side and upper left edge of the annotated face, top photo). This appears to be very shallow - I would reinforce it with thin CA glue before turning and expect most, if not all, to turn off as the block is rounded. I see no other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 417 $40.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 418 3"x 3"x 10-1/4" 4-1/4 lbs. Whoa - This is a very striking and beautiful, 3"-square, end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% chocolate-brown heartwood and 30% golden-yellow sapwood with prominent, dark heartwood-colored streaks throughout. Most of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round, but a lot will also remain and should become a facinating character feature in the finished piece. There are numerous small to large areas of bark and "included" bark within the sapwood. There are also several filled beetle holes within the sapwood. Again, most of these features will turn off but some may remain to be part of the finished piece if the diameter is not reduced too much. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 416 $45.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 419 3"x 3"x 9" 3-3/4 lbs. This is a near-perfect 3"-square, end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 99% chocolate-brown heartwood with strong coffee-cream colored laminations in a strong and attractive grain pattern - that tiny bit of sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. This block was cut from close to the pith and a wide zone of reddish-brown spalting is associated with that pith area. A small portion of the pith remains in this block (the upper portion of the left side, bottom photo) and a single thin and tight radial crack is associated with that pith (not visible in the photos). I would reinforce it with thin CA glue before turning. I see no other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 419 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 420 3"x 3"x 8" 3-1/2 lbs. This appears to be a perfect 3"-square, end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% chocolate-brown heartwood with strong coffee-cream colored laminations. The 10% golden-yellow sapwood is essentially restricted to one edge and portions of the adjacent faces, and most will turn off as the block is roughed to round. There is a small area of "wane" on one corner that will turn off immediately. I see absolutely no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 420 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 421 3"x 3"x 7-3/4" 3-1/2 lbs. This appears to be another near perfect 3"-square, end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 98% chocolate-brown heartwood and 2% golden-yellow sapwood. All of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. There is a prominent stippled pattern of reddish-brown spalting "spots" on two sides (bottom photo). These should make interesting features in the finished turning. I see absolutely no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 421 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 373 3"x 2-3/4"x 8" 3-1/2 lbs. This is a beautiful ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is almost entirely chocolate-brown heartwood; the only yellow sapwood lies along one edge and in two odd, isolated patches on two corners. That heartwood includes a moderately-strong pattern of "coffee cream" colored intra-grain laminations. Most of the sapwood will turn off as the block is rounded. This piece is nearly perfect in that I see absolutely no cracks, bugholes or spalting - it is all beautiful Texas Ebony. Texas Ebony Lot 373 $25.00 SOLD

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 374 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 8" 3-1/4 lbs. This is an interesting and attractive ~3"-square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% chocolate-brown heartwood with a thin section of yellow sapwood along a portion of one face. That heartwood includes a moderately-strong pattern of "coffee cream" colored intra-grain laminations. Most of the sapwood will turn off as the block is rounded. This piece does contain several flaws that will have to be considered: 1) the top edge of the sapwood is a bit ragged (but that will turn off), 2) there are several small beetle holes in the sapwood, and 3) portions of the coffee-cream laminations are spalted and in some areas may be a bit "punky". If I were turning this, I would reinforce any possibly punky areas with CA glue as I turned. I see absolutely no cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 374 $20.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 375 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 12" 4-1/4 lbs. Here is an interesting and challenging ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is about 50% chocolate-brown heartwood and ~50% golden-yellow sapwood. The heartwood includes the usual very nice pattern of wavey intra-grain laminations of the "coffee cream" color. However, a portion of that yellow sapwood lies within the heartwood area! That "inner" secton of apparent sapwood (included sapwood??) is a uniform light, yellow-brown, while the "outside" sapwood includes an interesting pattern of wavey light blue-grey color bands. The outer portion of the sapwood area is a large wane - where the bark has been stripped away. Depending on your planned form, that wane may reduce the maximium turned diameter somewhat. The sapwood also contains numerous large and prominent beetle borer holes. Probing suggests that all of these holes are shallow and confined to the sapwood portion. A lot of that sapwood and the outer portions of the borer holes will turn off as the block is rounded, but some of those holes are likely to remain. I see absolutely no cracks or spalting. Texas Ebony Lot 375 $30.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 385 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 12" 4-3/4 lbs. This is a very nice ~3"-square end-grain section of spalted Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% chocolate-brown heartwood and 30% yellow sapwood. The heartwood includes a moderately-strong pattern of "coffee cream" colored intra-grain laminations and areas of reddish spalting. The yellow sapwood includes a very nice wavey grain pattern on one side (not apparent on the photos). This piece was cut from very close to the pith of the small log and a zone of small, irregular pith-related radial cracks are present along one half of one edge (upper right edge, bottom photo). These cracks will turn off completely as the block is roughed to round. There area also two small and very tight drying checks that have developed in one sapwood face (lower portion of the annotated face, top photo, but not really visible!). I would secure these with CA flue and turn-away. I see no other cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 385 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 386 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 12" 4-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% chocolate-brown heartwood and 30% yellow sapwood. The heartwood includes a moderately-strong pattern of "coffee cream" colored intra-grain laminations. The sapwood also includes zones of bluish-gray shading, especially in the outer portion. An area of "missing bark" wane is present along most of one edge (right side, top photo). That wane does not look like it will significantly reduce the maximum diameter of the finished turning. There are several small borer holes in the spawood area. This piece was also cut from very close to the pith of the small log and a zone of small, irregular pith-related radial cracks are present along one half of one edge (upper right side, bottom photo). These cracks will turn off completely as the block is roughed to round. There area also one small and tight drying check that has developed at one end (top photo, but not really visible!). I would secure it with CA flue and turn-away. I see no other cracks or other structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 386 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 387 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 11-3/4" 4-3/4 lbs. This is a challenging, but attractive ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is essentially 100% chocolate-brown heartwood with a well-figured grain pattern and moderately-strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" bands. The challenge generally comes about from pith-related radial cracks. An irregular zone of small open cracks are present and appear to be related to the nearby pith of the log, plus the pith of an old secondary branch. These cracks are visible on the lower left side of the top photo and the left side and lower, end-grain face of the bottom photo. A large portion of both crack zones will turn off as the block is roughed out, and I would simply reinforce and fill (CA glue, inlace, colored epoxy, etc)any that remain for "character". There is also a small knot on one side (barely visible, upper portion of the right side, top photo) that is trying to "pop-out". Another opportunity for colorful infilling. I see no other cracks, bug holes or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 387 $30.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 388 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 12" 4-3/4 lbs. This is another very nice ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is essentially 100% chocolate-brown heartwood with a well-figured grain pattern and strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" bands. There is a thin portion of sapwood on one edge, but this will turn off immediately as the block is roughed to round. This block was cut from very close to the pith of a small log and includes several radial cracks on one side (right side, top photo). Some of those cracks will turn off during rough-out, and any that remain could be reinforced and filled (CA glue, inlace, colored epoxy, etc) for "character". I see no other cracks, bug holes or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 388 $35.00 SOLD

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 389 3"x 2-7/8"x 12" 5 lbs. This is another very nice ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% chocolate-brown heartwood with a well-figured grain pattern and strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" bands. The 10% golden-yellow sapwood is restricted to two edges and most will turn off as the block is roughed to round. This block was also cut from close to the pith of a small log and include one small and thin radial crack on one side (center of upper face, bottom photo). This appears to be very shallow - I would reinforce it (CA glue) before turning and, if anything remains - fill with inlace or colored epoxy. The sapwood of the annotated face (top photo) includes one very small and tight drying check close to one edge (right edge, top photo). This will turn off as the block is rounded. I see no other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 389 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 390 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 12" 4-3/4 lbs. This is another challenging, but attractive ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 95% chocolate-brown heartwood with a beautiful, well-figured grain pattern and strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" bands. The little bit of sapwood is confined to one edge and most of that will turn off. The challenge generally comes about from pith-related radial cracks. The pith of the small log from which this block was cut is present in one end (lower end, top photo). An irregular zone of small open radial cracks are associated with that pith and are present on one side (not visible on these photos). A large portion of the cracks will turn off as the block is roughed out, but some will remain if the full diameter of the block is to be used. As I have suggested elsewhere, I would simply reinforce and fill (CA glue, inlace, colored epoxy, etc)any that remain and emphasize them for "character". I see no other cracks, bug holes or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 390 $30.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 391 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 12" 5 lbs. This is a nearly perfect ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is essentially all chocolate-brown heartwood with a well-figured grain pattern, strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" bands and some red spalt shading. The small amount of golden-yellow sapwood is restricted to two edges and to two odd patches of what appears to be "included" sapwood. That sapwood on the edges will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 391 $40.00 SOLD

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 392 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 12" 5-1/4 lbs. This is another challenging, but attractive ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is essentially 80% chocolate-brown heartwood with a beautiful, well-figured grain pattern and strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" bands. The golden-yellow sapwood appears to be more of the "included" variety rather than from the outer portion of the log. The challenge generally comes about from the presence of pith-related radial cracks. The block was cut from very close to the pith of the log and an irregular zone of small open radial pith cracks are present. These cracks are visible on the upper face of the bottom photo and the left side and lower, end-grain face of the top photo. Some of the cracks will turn off as the block is roughed out, and I would simply reinforce and fill (CA glue, inlace, colored epoxy, etc)any that remain - for "character". I see no other cracks, bug holes or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 392 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 393 3"x 2-7/8"x 9-1/2" 4 lbs. This is another very nice ~3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is essentially 100% chocolate-brown heartwood with a well-figured grain pattern and strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" bands. There are two thin strips of sapwood on adjacent edges that will turn off immediately as the block is roughed out, as well as several smaller areas of "included" sapwood. This block was cut from very close to the pith of a small log and includes several radial cracks near the edge of one side (upper left side, bottom photo). Their location and orientation suggest that those cracks will turn off during rough-out. Any that might remain could be reinforced and filled (CA glue, inlace, colored epoxy, etc) for "character". I see no other cracks, bug holes or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 393 $30.00 SOLD

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 407 3"x 3"x 12" 5 lbs. This is a nearly perfect 3"-square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 85% chocolate-brown heartwood with a well-figured grain pattern and strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color. The small amount of golden-yellow sapwood is restricted to two edges and to two odd patches of what appear to be "included" sapwood (upper face and the lower end, bottom photo). Most of that sapwood on the edges will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I cut it too close to the pith on one end and a small, open pith-related radial crack is present (unfortunately not visible on the photos). It extends ~2" up from the lower end (reference the top photo) and may be as much a 1/2" deep based on the exposure at the end-grain face. I would reinforce with CA glue and fill as necessary. I see no other cracks, borer holes or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 407 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 408 3"x 3"x 14-1/4" 6 lbs. This one really sneaks up close to perfection! It is a beautiful 3"-square end-grain block of Texas Ebony that is approximately 85% chocolate-brown heartwood with a well-figured grain pattern with strong intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color. The remaining 15% of golden-yellow sapwood is restricted to two edges (top photo) and two odd patches of what appear to be "included" sapwood (one side, top photo, and the end-grain face, bottom photo). Most of that sapwood on the edges will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I see no cracks, borer holes or significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 408 $45.00 SOLD

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 321 3"x 3"x 12" 5 lbs. This is another beautiful 3"-square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is ~80% chocolate-brown heartwood and ~20% yellow sapwood. That heartwood includes a moderately-strong pattern of "coffee cream" colored intra-grain laminations. The sapwood includes interesting patterns of multiple wavy light blue-gray color bands. This piece is nearly perfect in that I see absolutely no cracks, bugholes or spalting - it is all beautiful Texas Ebony. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 321 $35.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 289 14" x 15" x 4 to 4-1/2" 36 lbs. This is a very nice and very large slab-type piece of spalted Texas Ebony. The heartwood is a dark, chocolate brown with thin, intra-grain laminations of light-brown color and with a band of light red-brown spalting in the central portion of the annotated face (top photo). The spalting is quite sound. This piece was cut from just below a secondary limb so there may be some crotch figure in that area (upper left side, top photo). The crotch-gap related to that secondary limb is present at one end and just overlaps the 14" diameter circle that I drew on the face. The crotch is shallow on the back side (bottom photo) so the size of a conventional bowl is not too limited. It looks like a full 13" bowl should be possible. Since full bark is present on the backside, it should also work for a full size, "barky" natural-edge bowl form. There are several very thin and tight cracks within the spalted area of the cut face. These appear to be the extreme tail ends of radial pith-cracks and, in my judgment, are minor. They are visible at depths to ~1" at each end (not readily visible on the photos). I recommend reinforcing these with CA glue as you turn. I see no other cracks or structural flaws in this piece. However, as is common in Texas Ebony, occasional beetle holes are present in the sapwood. I do not know for sure how deep they are but I have observed many in my Texas Ebony and they are almost always confined to the sapwood - not penetrating the heartwood. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 289 $65.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 410 8" x 8" x 2 to 2-1/2" 4-1/2 lbs. This is a nice small slab-type piece of spalted Texas Ebony suitable for a shallow bowl or plate up to 7" in diameter. The heartwood is a dark, chocolate brown with thin, intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color. The sapwood is a light-brown to yellow with faint blue-gray shading. Much of the bark on the backside is gone and the remainder is loose, so it would not be suitable for a "full bark" natural-edge piece. There also are occasional borer holes in the sapwood so if much sapwood is included in the finished piece, you will have to decide how to handle them (infilled, or left open for "character", etc). I see no cracks or other structural flaws in this piece. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 410 $20.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 411 8" x 9" x 2 to 2-1/2" 6 lbs. This is another nice small slab-type piece of spalted Texas Ebony suitable for a shallow bowl or plate up to 8" in diameter. The heartwood is a dark, chocolate brown with thin, intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color. The sapwood is a light-brown to yellow with faint blue-gray shading. Much of the bark on the backside is gone and the remainder is loose, so it would not be suitable for a "full bark" natural-edge piece. There also are occasional borer holes in the sapwood so if much sapwood is included in the finished piece, you will have to decide how to handle them (infilled, or left open for "character", etc). I see no cracks or other structural flaws in this piece. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 411 $25.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 412 8" x 9" x 2 to 2-1/2" 6-1/2 lbs. This is another nice small slab-type piece of spalted Texas Ebony suitable for a shallow bowl or plate up to 8" in diameter. The heartwood is a dark, chocolate brown with thin, intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color. The sapwood is a light-brown to yellow with faint blue-gray shading. Much of the bark on the backside is gone and the remainder is loose, so it would not be suitable for a "full bark" natural-edge piece. There also are occasional borer holes in the sapwood so if much sapwood is included in the finished piece, you will have to decide how to handle them (infilled, or left open for "character", etc). I see no cracks or other structural flaws in this piece. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 412 $25.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 413 8" x 9" x 2 to 2-1/2" 6-1/2 lbs. This is another nice small slab-type piece of spalted Texas Ebony suitable for a shallow bowl or plate up to 8" in diameter. The heartwood is a dark, chocolate brown with thin, intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color. The sapwood is a light-brown to yellow with faint blue-gray shading. Much of the bark on the backside is gone and the remainder is loose, so it would not be suitable for a "full bark" natural-edge piece. There also are occasional borer holes in the sapwood so if much sapwood is included in the finished piece, you will have to decide how to handle them (infilled, or left open for "character", etc). I see no cracks or other structural flaws in this piece. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 413 $25.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 299 6" x 6" x 3" 5 lbs. This is another very nice square-section block of Texas Ebony with sapwood on one edge. In a conventional bowl-form, this piece will be primarily a dark brown heartwood with some very nice "coffee cream"-colored intra-grain stripes, typical of Texas Ebony heartwood, and one wide area of golden yellow sapwood. I see no cracks or structural flaws. There is a single open beetle hole on one edger of the sapwood. It appears to be shallow (less than 3/4"?) and, if the annotated face is the back-side of the bowl, will turn-off as a bowl form is roughed-out. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 299 $25.00

click to enlarge click to enlarge

Texas Ebony Lot 300 6" x 6" x 3" 4-3/4 lbs. This is another very nice square-section block of Texas Ebony with sapwood on one edge. In a conventional bowl-form, this piece will be primarily a dark brown heartwood with some very nice "coffee cream"-colored intra-grain stripes, typical of Texas Ebony heartwood, and one wide area of golden yellow sapwood. I see no cracks or structural flaws. There is a single open beetle hole on one edger of the sapwood. It appears to be shallow (less than 3/4"?) and, if the annotated face is the back-side of the bowl, will turn-off as a bowl form is roughed-out. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 300 $25.00

Listing last updated 10 February 2010


Nothing here that suits your needs?
Then send me an email at: l.stahl@maroon.com
or a telephone call at: 281-392-5336
There is a good chance that I have more, either cut into blocks or in the rough log,
so I may be able to meet your specific requirements.